Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill

Construction, Energy, Infrastructure & Projects

Partner

Chee Yong, a member of the Energy, Projects, Infrastructure & International Arbitration and Oil & Gas Practice Group, holds a first degree in Mechanical Engineering and Business Finance from University College London. Subsequently, he pursued law at postgraduate level and has been called to both the English and Malaysian Bars. He is an Incorporated Member of the Institution of Engineers, Malaysia, and a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.

He is actively practicing in various forms of international and domestic dispute resolution. His expertise often involves high-value contentious matters within the energy, utilities, and construction sectors. Chee Yong’s background is particularly evident in technical disputes where he has the ability to understand and dissect complex engineering matters. He has considerable experience within the oil & gas industry through his extended stint as a secondee to a major oil & gas joint venture in the region. This afforded him the unique opportunity to be exposed to commercial, technical, and regulatory aspects of the oil & gas industry, in particular the downstream segment, and has rendered him well versed with dealing with multi-party disputes involving proprietary technology licensors.

Chee Yong is also often instructed to advise both domestic and foreign contractors on project risk management and dispute avoidance, covering the entire life cycle of construction projects. Such experience, coupled with his in-depth understanding and familiarity with on-the-ground construction issues, guides his pragmatic approach in arriving at strategic legal and commercial solutions in resolving disputes.

He was seen as a recommended lawyer in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2024 rankings. Additionally, Asialaw Profiles describes Chee Yong as “attentive” and “able to grasp and understand any issues presented to him quickly”. According to the Legal 500, his “ability to decipher technical information and asking complex technical questions, turning it into a clear easily understandable concept” is an added value that sets “this firm apart from the rest.”

English, Mandarin

GDL, BPP University Law School BEng (Hons), University College London Advocate & Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya Called to the Bar of England & Wales (Lincoln’s Inn)